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A vintage fire truck opens the walkway for the University of Louisville football team's march into the stadium before the season opening NCAA college football game against unranked Ohio University in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

The ACC expands again today. It has become a rite of summer. Sort of like the beach. Louisville has a beach, right?

The Atlantic Coast Conference remains a 14½-team league, with Maryland having left for the Big Ten. Unlike the previous move, which brought in Notre Dame for everything except football, the Cardinals are bringing everything they have.

For that, we say thank you. Seriously though, you don’t have a beach?

The league now stretches from Miami to Boston to Lake Michigan and the Ohio River.

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